The traffic in Shanghai is a mirror of the human condition here. Nobody waits, obeys traffic rules or gives way. A two-lane road has four lines of vehicles. A chicken can't cross the road unless it jaywalks.
The only time when some semblance of order is restored is when a traffic police arrives on scene.
With 5000 years of civilization behind them, you'd expect the Chinese to do better. Maybe the ruling class was right. You can't expect the ignorant to govern themselves. You can take the peasant out of the village but you can't take the village out of him.
OK, enough of my rants...
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